BioMaterial Systems
The BioMaterial Systems (BMS) group is led by Prof. Cecilia Persson.
We conduct interdisciplinary research with members encompassing biomedical engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, additive manufacturing and biology.
Our vision is to be home to great researchers in the field of biomaterials, and in particular those that are looking to connect basic research with the clinical application, i.e. developing the biomaterial for its envisaged system, as well as characterizing the material with a specific application in mind.
Our mission is to provide new knowledge and better solutions to medical problems, where the biomaterial or implant design can be the change that is needed.
Research Focus
The BioMaterial Systems Group focuses on the study, development and characterization of new materials and implant designs, mainly for orthopaedic applications, in their systems. Focus lies on injectable materials as well as materials and implant design development through additive manufacturing (3D-printing). We also develop and characterize wear-resistant materials for joint applications. Experimental and computational (e.g. FE) models are used to study the materials and implant/tissue interactions, also inside micro-CTs. Early biocompatibility studies may be done within the group, while when moving further towards the clinical application and/or commercial product, collaborations with e.g. Uppsala University Hospital are employed, in particular with the OrthoLab and the Biomaterials for Trauma Groups.
The BMS group performs an indisciplinary research and work within the following competence fields:
- Materials development
- Mechanics
- Biology
Here you can watch Cecilia's pitch about BMS group research activity (in Swedish).
Group Members
- Cecilia Persson - Group Leader
- Alexandra Davydova - Project Coordinator
- Morteza Aramesh - Assistant Professor
- Francesco D'Elia - Researcher
- Philip Procter - Adjunct Professor
- Gry Hulsart Billström - Affiliated Researcher
- Estelle Palierse - Postdoc
- Vitalii Shtender - Research Engineer
- Tuerdi Maimaitiyili - Affiliated Researcher
- Zaki Alomar - Postdoc Researcher
- Antrea Spanou - PhD student
- Estefanía Echeverri Correa - PhD student
- Ana Grzeszczak - PhD student
- Belén Alonso Rancurel - PhD student
- Lisa Larsson - PhD student
- Giulio Cavaliere - PhD student
- Linglu Hong - PhD student
- Himesha Abenayake - PhD student
- Niccolò De Berardinis - PhD student
Alumni
- Yijun Zhou (PhD student, 2024)
- Moyosore Fakoaya (MSc student, 2023)
- Vendela Sandin (MSc student, 2023)
- Satya Vaddamanu (research assistant, 2023)
- Linglu Hong (research assistant, 2023)
- Matilda Carlson (MSc student, 2023)
- Satya Vaddamanu (MSc student, 2022)
- Lotte Dijn (MSc student, 2022-2023)
- Prakhar Dutta (MSc student, 2022-2023)
- Carl Johan Hassila (research engineer, 2020-2022)
- Margarida Pacheco (Exchange PhD student, 2021-2022)
- Anna Braesch Andersen (Applied Mechanics) (PhD student, 2019-2022)
- Zaki Alomar (Exchange PhD student, 2022)
- Laura Del Mazo (Exchange PhD student, 2022)
- Supradeepa Ganesan (MSc student, 2021-2022)
- Leon Rothkranz (MSc student, 2021-2022)
- Charlotte Skjöldebrand (PhD student, 2013-2022)
- Clarence Wahman (MSc student, 2021)
- Josephine Lantz (MSc student, 2021)
- Cecilia Alsmark (project coordinator, until 2020)
- Susan Peacock (project coordinator, until 2019)
- Susanne Lewin (post-doc, 2020-2021)
- Richard Hall (visiting Professor, 2018, 2019)
- Anna Diez Escudero (post-doc, 2017-2019)
- Gry Hulsart Billström (post-doc, 2016-2018)
- Alejandro López (research engineer, 2018-2020)
- Jenny Carlsson (Applied Mechanics) (PhD student, until 2020)
- Luimar Correa Filho (PhD student, until 2020)
- Dan Wu (PhD student, 2015-2019)
- Elin Åkerlund (research assistant, 2019)
- Charlotte Hopkinson (MSc student, 2019)
- Rachel Stoakes (MSc student, 2019)
- Yuling Liu (MSc student, 2019)
- Jun Luo (PhD student, 2014-2018)
- Christina Stelzl (research assistant, 2018)
- Iain Christie (MSc student, 2018)
- Léa Le Scouarnec (summer student, 2018)